Why Communication Is Vital for Your Balanced Lifestyle?

Communication is vital for your balanced lifestyle. You will perhaps in some instances become far more open with folks than you might have in the past to achieve and sustain life balance. Learn to talk with your family, friends, and colleagues who may be able to help you find alternatives to those issues that may create a problem for you.

Open communication will enable you to avoid over-committing yourself. Further, chatting with your closest friends or family member may prove beneficial in not only granting you access to the support you need but will enable you to consider the pros and cons of making any changes objectively.

Seek out methods to build a strategy of attack that enables you to make good decisions and as necessary, find comfort in pushing back on those things that make you uncomfortable or compromise your quest for balance.

Invest in a planner where you are forced to write things down on paper. Electronic planners are okay but taking the time to write things down can produce positive results.

Many planners now come equipped with pages that allow you to document weekly and monthly goals. Planners are excellent tools for tracking your goals, identifying actions you will take to make them happen, and tracking your time.

How Do You Balance Your Work and Personal Life?

Become familiar with your workplace’s stance on work-life balance. Some organizations offer flexible work arrangements to accommodate unique family structures or individual needs.

If you are in control of your work schedule your productivity will increase. The risk of you missing a day at work will decrease and you will experience less stress in the workplace. Your overall health status will improve.(Source)

You are more likely to feel supportive and loyal to your employer in helping them to achieve business outcomes. You will not be inclined to leave your current job in pursuit of a new one.

There may come the point in time where you have to decide whether or not you should remain in your current work environment. For some people, a job that does not offer flexible work arrangements such as working from home, job sharing, flexi-time or part-time work, may mean having to say goodbye to an employer.

Where do you start? If you are not sure where to begin in better money management practices, Credit.com suggests you slow down and evaluate your personal finances using the following steps:

Calculate your income. Take a moment to document and add up your monthly income. Your income may come from a variety of sources including a part-time job, dividends or child support.

Calculate your expenses. This next step may seem daunting, but you will want to be honest with yourself as it relates to where your money is going each month. Your money more than likely flows into a variety of buckets including:
⦁ Food
⦁ Cable
⦁ Phone
⦁ Electric
⦁ Gas
⦁ Car Loan
⦁ Mortgage/Rent
⦁ Tuition
⦁ Water
⦁ Insurance
⦁ Childcare
⦁ Entertainment

Cut the Non-Essentials. Next, you have some hard decisions to make. What do you need to survive and what is it that you can do without for a little while or permanently? Can you get rid of your cable? Maybe do without Hulu or Netflix? Maybe you can make your lunch and take it into work rather than passing through the drive-thru every day?

Build an emergency fund. Every financial expert encourages us to ensure we have an emergency fund. A minimum of $1,000 should be in place in case you encounter an unexpected event.
Long-term, you should aim to save three to six months of your salary. If these numbers sound daunting, start small. Five dollars per month is better than nothing.

Whether it entails getting recognition for our hard work or a promotion in the workplace or a better job, ambition can be a real ally in our journey towards success. However, if your goals become too disruptive to your life balance, it may be time to make a few adjustments and re-examine what is most important to you.

Too much of a good thing, however, can leave us feeling stressed and unhappy. In an article in Marie Claire, Dr. Michael Sinclair of the City Psychology Group suggests that to avoid the perils of having too much ambition. (Source)

We must take the following actions:

Restore Your Energy Levels. Make sure you take the time to replenish your energy stores. Get rest, eat well, and learn to take a deep breath.

Become Mindful. Mindfulness meditation is a fantastic way to reduce those pesky stress levels. Mindfulness meditation promotes self-awareness.

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